Uranium miners were recovering from the sharp fall and it looked like the worst was over but except with Level 7 the worst might be yet to come? Almost 4 weeks ago I posted charts of uranium miners Cameco & Uranium One… let’s see where we stand today. There are many exploration and development stage companies but these two are the prime Canadian uranium producers.

Today’s price action in Cameco (CCO.TO) is interesting and perhaps suggests that the worse is over…

The stock traded an intraday low of 26.38 and sharply recovered to close at 27.16 which is above major support lines (blue & red/green).

As I pointed out in my previous post, if we break here, downside targets are 26, 24 & 22.

On the upside, there is plenty resistance in the 30-34 area and my guess is that this stock will be range bound given the fundamental situation.

Uranium One (UUU.TO) is hanging on to support at rising trend line (short blue line).

Next support is near the 3.25-3.38 range and is rather strong with 3 converging trend lines, long blue line, pink line and bottom support/resistance line.

After that support is at just above 3.00…

On the upside, there is strong resistance at 4.00 which is where the recent relief rally reversed…

There has been a lot of chatter about commodities blowing off lately (see this, this & this)… especially Copper (& Silver) which has risen dramatically since the 2009 lows. Copper is considered by many as a leading economic indicator…. without further adieu here is the technical picture for Copper

On the daily chart, copper recently broke out of the descending triangle and the short-term downtrend line… pink line. The medium term price channel (blue lines) is still intact and Copper could go higher and take out the Feb highs (fundamentals story don’t support this view)

The dotted line symmetrical triangle supports the continuation of prior (up)trend.

On the other hand, the weekly charts show a rising wedge pattern which is almost always a bearish sign… if confirmed using other indicators. In the case of Copper, MACD supports the rising trend and is not confirming the reversal… yet

I have liked coal for the last couple years despite of the global warming/green energy/fierce environmental protection backdrop… for the foreseeable future I see demand for coal to keep rising regardless of what happens with the renewable energy sources.

The stock has broken out of the recent downtrend channel (blue) and closed above the 50, 100 & 200 day moving averages on reasonably high volume

Green lines are support, Red lines are resistance and there is immediate resistance around 10.5, then at 11 and 12

In the next post, I will delve in to the fundamentals of GCE

Update: Right after posting this article I stumbled upon this piece from FP via Alphaville. Trust me I’m not looking for an opinion that confirms my thesis (confirmation bias) quite the contrary. Here are the salient points from the FP piece:

According to official data, Chinese investment in coal was about the same as its investment in oil, gas, and scientific research combined. The investment in coal at home was larger than the PRC’s outward investment in all non-bond assets — all energy, all metals, and so on — in 2010.

…

From 1980-1996, coal consumption growth was about 5 percent annually. From 2003-2009, under leaders Hu Jintao and Wen Jiabao, it was over 13 percent annually.

…

Coal previously accounted for less than 70 percent of Chinese electricity use; now it is over 80 percent.